Combined paper holder



(No Model.)

L. A. MQOORD. COMBINED PAPER HOLDER, CUTTER. AND PRINTING DEVICE. No.407,489.

Patented July 23 A A i S m T m N FETERS. mammo ram. Walhinglnn. o, c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER A. MCCORD, OF LAURENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED PAPER H OLDER, CUTTER, AND PRINTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 407,489, dated July 23,1889.

Application filed November 16, 1887. Serial No. 255,301. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER A. MOCORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Laurens county, State of South Carolina, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Paper Holder, Cutter,and Printing Device; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to roll-paper holders and printing and cuttingdevices; and it consists in the novel construction and combinationhereinafter specified and claimed.

The nature of the invention will be fully understood from the followingdescription and claims, when taken in connection with the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View of my improved combinedpaper roll and printing and cutting device. Fig. 2 is a back view of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a side View thereof.

Referring to the said drawings by letter, A A represent side posts orwalls of an upright frame, and B B the top and base thereof, unitedtogether in any suitable manner, but preferably by bolts, as shown.

In each of the side posts A, I form diagonal slots 0, to providejournal-bearings for the gudgeons of a paper roll, hereinaftermentioned.

The letters D D indicate pendent arms, preferably hinged to the topplate B, as shown at a, and are provided with extensions 0, to formjournal-bearings for printing and inking rollers therein secured.

E indicates a printing-roller. It is a cylinder, upon which I place astrip of rubber d, upon which the letters or characters I desire toprint are formed in the usual manner.

F and G indicate inking-rollers,which have their bearings, respectively,in the bifurcated arm D and extensions 0, as shown. These rollers pressagainst each other, and the lower one presses also against theprinting-roller in the manner set forth on Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thebearings of the inking-rollers are preferably slotted to aid in securingperfect contact between them and the printing-roller.

f indicates a spring, which is arranged between the top plate of theframe and the arm D, for the purpose of obtaining a constant pressure ofthe printing-roller against the roll of paper to be printed.

H represents a roll of paper arranged upon a shaft the ends or gudgeonsof which rest and have their bearings in the slots 0 of the side posts.

K indicates a spring the upper end of which is secured to the plate B,while its lower end rests against the paper roll. Two or more of thesesprings are arranged on the machine. At the extreme lower end of thesesprings I attach a knife L, which serves to cut the paper when desired.

M represents a holder for twine, preferably arranged upon the top of theframe.

To operate my machine I take hold of the loose end of paper upon theroll and draw it downward. This movement unwinds the paper from theroll, which at the same time is passed under the printing-roller,rotates said roller and the inking-rollers, and is printed. WVhen thepaper is drawn off to the extent desired, it is raised upward againstthe knife L and is severed from the roll.

The prime object of my invention is to provide a means whereby rolls ofpaper may be printed at different places, so that when a person drawsoff a piece of paper of sufficient size to wrap a bundle the friction ofthe paper roll on the printing-roll will cause the same to print a labelon the paper.

The inking and printing rolls are protected from dust and the like bymeans of a shield, as more fully shown in Fig. 3.

It should be here observed that my whole device is portable andsufficiently small to be conveniently placed upon a store-counter orother support.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination of theupright frame having the notched standards for the journals of the paperroll, the cutter secured to spring-arms connected with the main frame,the arms hinged to the top of the said frame, and the printing andinking rolls journaled in the said arms, whereby the paper may beprinted and severed at will, the drawing of the paper operating theprinting and inking rolls, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER A. McCORD.

IVitnesses: M. L. COPELAND,

G. F. LITTLE.

